news/information/opinion - updated 10.24.2011
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When you search the net for stories on various stories about black, white or hispanic unemployment... these are the types of returns you get. Yes, it's tough out there...but it's an AMERICAN UNEMPLOYMENT issue. Notice the difference in the search returns.
It needs to stop being a racial issue.
Just my opinion.
updated 10.24.2011
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Black Unemployment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Declining numbers of blacks seen in math, science The Tennessean Patrick Semansky / Associated Press Jesse Washington | Associated Press With black unemployment reaching historic levels, banks laying off tens of thousands and law school graduates waiting tables, why aren't more African-Americans looking toward ... See all stories on this topic » |
The Recession in Pink and Blue New York Times (blog) More than one-third of respondents reported that they or someone else in their household experienced unemployment during the previous two years. The percentage reached almost one-half for black and Hispanic respondents, and more than half for single ... See all stories on this topic » |
| ||
Kings in counting houses, costing jobs Sydney Morning Herald ADS's chief executive, John Black, says the eastern suburbs was among 14 regions in Australia suffering ''recession levels'' of unemployment, namely rises of more than 1.5 percentage points for the year. Eastern Sydney was one of eight NSW areas ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Guest column: Blacks in Knoxville standing behind Obama Knoxville News Sentinel Obama, who made remarks urging Congress to pass the American Jobs Act, continues to have the support of most black Knoxvillians. His approval ratings continue to drop, unemployment continues to fall flat and a growing number of Americans are concerned ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Bethune-Cookman University hit with 12 employment lawsuits Daytona Beach News-Journal The historic black university in the heart of Daytona Beach is facing 12 employment lawsuits, more than any other local college and three times as many as any other private employer in Volusia County. Combined, they seek hundreds of thousands of ... See all stories on this topic » |
White Unemployment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Iceland's president: Social media turns government into a 'sideshow' CNN International Iceland's unemployment rate dropped to 5.9% in the third financial quarter of this year, down from 8.5% earlier this year. The United States' unemployment rate is higher, at 9.1%, but Iceland's unemployment rate is still up compared to pre-crisis ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Regulator, White House To Expand Refinancing Program Wall Street Journal It comes after numerous Obama administration efforts to stabilize the housing market have struggled in an economy with stubbornly high unemployment. The overhaul will let borrowers refinance regardless of how far their homes have fallen in value, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ||
MSNBC and Obama -- The Left Isn?t Performing Well In the Ratings Fox News After a hopeful victory, the first big change he brought to Washington was a $787 billion stimulus that was supposed to keep unemployment from topping 8 percent. Instead, it's done the opposite. Unemployment has never gone below that mark. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Chao: One fake jobs bill defeated, three real jobs bills ratified Austin American-Statesman That there was no sense of surprise or outrage when the plan was defeated a few weeks later is quite remarkable, in view of America's ongoing unemployment crisis. The official unemployment report counts 14 million Americans as out of work. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
|
Axelrod: White House Splitting Up Jobs Bill National Journal Moody's economist Mark Zandi estimates that Obama's plan would add 2 million jobs and bring unemployment down to 8 percent in 2012. He has said the House Republicans plan is generally good for the economy in the long term, but won't do much for job ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Rise In Poverty, Unemployment; Decreased Income In Wisconsin Ashland Current The community survey shows that 9.8 percent of non-Hispanic white residents were living in poverty in 2010. By comparison, 38.5 percent of African American residents, 27.6 percent of Hispanic residents, 28.8 percent of American Indian, and 21.1 percent ... See all stories on this topic » | |
6 Suggestions for getting employment back on track MLive.com "New York Mayor Bloomberg started a program to hire and train young people to paint New York's roofs white. Painting the roof white can lower the electricity use by 20 percent on a hot day. It's the quickest, cheapest thing you can do. ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Thousands rally in Washington with Sharpton over employment Boston Globe Associated Press WASHINGTON - With just more than a year left in the race for the White House, campaign finance reports released yesterday offered the first major picture into the haves and the have-nots among the Republican presidential candidates. ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Hard-hit Obama donors still opening wallets Seattle Post Intelligencer The new numbers suggest GOP candidates will have to make a harder sell on the gravity of the nation's 9.1 percent unemployment rate, an issue that has bedeviled Obama throughout his term. Republicans in Congress have opposed the White House on ... See all stories on this topic » | |
|
Hispanic Unemployment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hispanics contemplate economy, immigration in deciding which party to support
Examiner.com
Hispanic voters were a key constituency for President Barack Obama in the 2008 campaign where he won 67 percent of the vote. Times have changed since then though, and with unemployment among Hispanics surpassing 11 percent, some have become ...
See all stories on this topic »
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| ||
Connecticut's Recession Tough on Young Adults Patch.com For young Hispanic and African-American adults, unemployment was 17.8 percent and 15.6 percent, respectively as of May. These young people may not have been exposed to the same educational or training opportunities as their counterparts, ... See all stories on this topic » |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No comments:
Post a Comment